Ghost In The Shell LP
We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records is thrilled and honored to announce the first ever official vinyl pressing of the soundtrack for Mamoru Oshiis critically acclaimed and all around legendary science fiction anime film GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995), adapted from Masamune Shirows groundbreaking manga series of the same name.
Cut from the original master reels at Emil Berliner Studios (formerly the in-house recording department of renowned classical record label Deutsche Grammophon), the album comes in two versions: a limited collectors edition (LP and bonus 7" housed in sleeve with silver gilt printing, Japanese obi, and 24-page liner notes) and a standard LP.
The haunting score is composed by Kenji Kawai, one of Japans most celebrated soundtrack composers alongside Joe Hisaishi and Ryūichi Sakamoto, whose work includes Hideo Nakatas Ring (1998) and Ring 2 (1999), Death Note (2006), Hong Kong films Seven Swords by Tsui Hark (2005) and Ip Man by Wilson Yip (2008), and countless others. Kawais compositions see ancient harmonies and percussions uncannily mesh with synthesized sounds of the modern world to convey a sumptuous balance between folklore tradition and futuristic outlook. For its iconic main theme "Making of Cyborg", Kawai had a choir chant a wedding song in ancient Japanese following Bulgarian folk harmonies, setting the standard for a timeless and unparalleled soundtrack that admirably echoes the films musings on the nature of humanity in a technologically advanced world.
Ghost in the Shell is widely considered one of the best anime films of all time and its influence has been felt in the work of numerous movie directors, including James Cameron (Avatar), the Wachowskis (The Matrix), and Steven Spielberg (AI: Artificial Intelligence).
- For fans of anime, manga, movie soundtracks, science fiction, ambient, folkore, Japan, Akira, artificial intelligence, Midori Takada, official releases pressed to vinyl from the original source.
- The first ever OFFICIAL vinyl release of the soundtrack for Mamoru Oshiis legendary science fiction anime film GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995).
TRACKLIST:
A1 M01 謡I - Making Of Cyborg
A2 M02 Ghosthack (本編未使用)
A3 EXM Puppetmaster
A4 M04 Virtual Crime
A5 M05 謠 II - Ghost City
B1 M06 Access
B2 M07 Nightstalker
B3 M08 Floating Museum
B4 M09 Ghostdive
B5 M10 謠 III - Reincarnation
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- Kenji Kawai
- 1 / LP
- WRWTFWW Records
